Book Club Participation

[HomeInMyShoes]

Here are the, umm, participation(?), statistics for the Mobile Read Book Clubs. These numbers are inaccurate as of November 29, 2011.

Regular

Month   Category           Title                       Vote TVote Post User    %
----    --------           -------------------------   ---- ----- ---- ---- ----
Nov-08  Fiction            A Passage to India           NV    NV   26   14    NV
Dec-08  MR Classic         The Hound of the Baskerv...  17    51   43   15   88%
Jan-09  Science Fiction    The Time Traders             13    48   32   17  131%
Feb-09  MR Contemporary    Refuge                       13    33   59   20  154%
Mar-09  NonFiction         Professor and the Mad Man    13    49   32   16  123%
Apr-09  MR Author          Neptune Crossing             10    37   17   14  140%
May-09  Horror             Dracula                      11    44   17   10   91%
Jun-09  MR Classic         King Solomon's Mines         12    30   25   18  150%
Jul-09  Humour             Three Men in a Boat          37    84   12   11   30%
Aug-09  Contemporary       Nineteen Eighty-Four         28    94   32   15   54%
Sep-09  Mystery            The Mysterious Affair at...  26    76   26   15   58%
Oct-09  MR Author          Flash Forward                30    72   47   17   57%
Oct-09  MR Author          Verdant Skies                15    72   13   10   67%
Nov-09  Classic            The Trial                    15    74   25   11   73%
Dec-09  RunnerUps          Murder Must Advertise        14    58   18    8   57%
Jan-10  Science Fiction    The Machine Stops            32   131   64    9   28%
Feb-10  Romance            Gone with the Wind           26   104   82   16   62%
Mar-10  NonFiction         The Devil in the White City  14    76   15    8   57%
Mar-10  NonFiction         Stiff                        14    76   16   10   71%
Apr-10  Humour             The Egg and I                19    75   50   17   89%
May-10  Classic            The Mysterious Island        35    79   48   21   60%
Jun-10  Thriller/Suspense  The Thirty-Nine Steps        20    69   22   16   80%
Jul-10  Fantasy            The Deed of Paksenarrion     24   130   37   22   92%
Aug-10  FreeForAll         The Long Goodbye             22    83   20   18   82%
Sep-10  Mystery/Crime      Killing Floor                20    91   74   25  125%
Oct-10  Horror             Risen                        41    85   50   19   46%
Nov-10  Science Fiction    Old Man's War                26    89   19   13   50%
Dec-10  Classic            The Woman in White           17    95   25   16   94%
Jan-11  RunnerUps          Hitchhiker's Guide to...     21   102   89   39  186%
Feb-11  Romance            A Room with a View           21    89   34   17   81%
Mar-11  NonFiction         Autobiography of Benj...     15    63   25   11   73%
Apr-11  Humour             Hal Spacejock #1             14    57   51   18  129%
May-11  Classic            Anna Karenina                23    89   34   16   70%
Jun-11  Thriller/Suspense  The Maltese Falcon           19    72   50   16   84%
Jul-11  Fantasy            The Name of the Wind         17    76   44   22  129%
Aug-11  FreeForAll         Slaughterhouse Five          22    53   27   16   73%
Sep-11  Mystery/Crime      The Chinese Maze Murders     21    78   16    7   33%
Oct-11  Horror             The Island of Dr. Moreau     19    61   39   12   63%
Nov-11  Science Fiction    A Canticle for Leibowitz     12    71    9    6   50%
Dec-11  Classic            A Christmas Carol            13    79    0    0    0%


Literary

Month   Category           Title                       Vote TVote Post User   %
-----   --------           --------------------------  ---- ----- ---- ---- ----
Jun-11  FreeForAll         The Master and Margarita     14    34   87   18  129%
Jul-11  Challenging        Bleak House                  14    41   39   11   79%
Aug-11  Lottery            A Passage to India	        NV     1   30    9    NV
Sep-11  NonFiction         Unbroken                      6    14    6    6  100%
Oct-11  Drama              Peer Gynt                     6    17   10    7  117%
Nov-11  Lottery            Spring Snow                  NV     1    9    5    NV
Dec-11  Open               The Short Stories of Saki     7    17    0    0    0%

I only have one thing to say right now. Who voted for The Machine Stops and didn't read it or participate in the discussion. The number of participating members in the discussion is pathetic considering it was one of the higher vote getters.

[sun surfer]

Good job!

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

These numbers are inaccurate as of September 27, 2011.

Have more faith in yourself!

[jgaiser]

The fun books get tons of participation, the not so fun ones.... Uh-huh..

It is actually nice to see that the regular book club does still get good participation. Literary, too new to tell. My participation in either has been nil the past 3-4 months and will probably continue that way for a few months more.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by sun surfer

Good job!



Have more faith in yourself!

I have faith in my lysdexia. I already fixed three errors in the percentage calculations.

[caleb72]

I didn't participate in the discussion for Passage to India even though I voted for it. It's mainly because I haven't finished reading it yet.

[Nyssa]

To make sure I understand the numbers:

The Hound of the Baskerv... 17 42 14

It received 17 votes, and there were 42 discussion posts made by 14 users meaning that at least 3 users who voted for the book did not participate in the discussion?

[HomeInMyShoes]

^That would be correct. In the case where (user) > (vote) it is impossible to know if everyone that voted participated in the discussion. I'm too lazy to sift through voting lists for that. I was mainly curious of trends in numbers participating.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

^That would be correct. In the case where (user) > (vote) it is impossible to know if everyone that voted participated in the discussion. I'm too lazy to sift through voting lists for that. I was mainly curious of trends in numbers participating.

All understandable. What you've provided here is great. Thank you!

In the 8 months I've participated - Feb. to Sept. (wow, has it really been that long!?!) I've missed approx. 3 or 4 discussions I think.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Updated the statistics in the table.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Updated the statistics in the table.

Thank you HIMS.

Looking over the numbers for all of 2011 we actually haven't done quite as bad as it seemed we had. There has been a noticeable decline, however, in the last 3 months, especially September:

Sep-11 Mystery/Crime The Chinese Maze Murders 21 16 7 33%
Oct-11 Horror The Island of Dr. Moreau 19 39 12 63%
Nov-11 Science Fiction A Canticle for Leibowitz 12 9 6 50%

The rest of the year looked great.

[Nyssa]

HIMS, would you be willing to add another column to your report?

I'm really interested in seeing "Total Number of Voters"; for instance, December '11 had 79 voters. I'm just curious as to how many people usually vote each month.

Please & Thank You.

~Nyssa

[HomeInMyShoes]

Only because it's the holiday season.

Average number of voters:
Regular: 74.19
Literary: 24.60

I didn't factor in the individual selection Lottery months for the literary club, or the initial startup individual selection month for the regular club.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Only because it's the holiday season.

Average number of voters:
Regular: 74.19
Literary: 24.60

I didn't factor in the individual selection Lottery months for the literary club, or the initial startup individual selection month for the regular club.

Karma for your troubles! Thank you. Its great to see that so many participate in the vote, it would be nice if we could get even half that many to participate in the discussions as well (myself included! ).